Stories from Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Bertha Louise Thompson, 85, of Shelbyville died Saturday at Glen Oaks Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center in Shelbyville. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Green Meadow Church of Christ with Ralph Thompson officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. at the church. J.A. Welton and Son Funeral Home, Tullahoma, is in charge of arrangements.

Kato Frasier Skelton, age 84, of Wartrace died Monday at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hollywood Cemetery in Wartrace with the Rev. Fay Tucker officiating. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Georgie Ella Holden Joyce, 86, of Bell Buckle died Monday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Mark Hall officiating. Burial will follow at Whitworth Cemetery in Rutherford County. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday.

Chad Graham has announced his candidacy for a seventh district seat on Bedford County Board of Education. Graham was appointed in November 2009 to succeed Jerry Naron, who died in September 2009. Graham, 43, has been director of Bedford County Emergency Medical Services for 13 years. He is a Bedford County native and has been a county employee since 1990...

Following a long discussion, the city of Shelbyville will install pieces of large rock in a ditch on Rolling Road to solve a homeowner's drainage issue. But the council still had a lot of questions about whether it is proper or legal for the city to be doing the work...

Shelbyville City Council members will decide Thursday if they wish to rescind a payment made to a Shelbyville businessman over a piece of property he bought almost 15 years ago. Meanwhile, the businessman is threatening to sue Shelbyville over the issue...

D.L. Cunningham, 86, of Chicago died Thursday, June 1. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Hope Primitive Baptist Church, Petersburg. Burial will follow at Pleasant View Cemetery, Fayetteville. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. at the church. J.B. Mayberry & Sons Funeral Home, Lewisburg, is in charge of arrangements.

Hazel Baker Parker, 75, of Wartrace died Monday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Mark Pierce officiating. Burial will follow at Hollywood Cemetery in Wartrace. Visitation will be from 5-9 p.m. Wednesday.

Bernice Talley, 55, of Nashville, formerly of Shelbyville, died Saturday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. John Brown officiating. Visitation will begin at noon.

Darral Glen Woodard, 51, of Shelbyville, died Tuesday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at noon Thursday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.